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Most Influential: 217thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 1,202ndLargest Black Market: 1,968th
The Rogue State of
Father Knows Best State
The only problem violence can really solve is violence.
James LaRouge
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Bonnie Blue Republic

Population15.301 billion

CapitalGemstone Island
LeaderJames LaRouge
FaithConmunism

CurrencyGemstone Pound
Animalcopperhead

The Rogue State of Bonnie Blue Republic is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by James LaRouge with an iron fist, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 15.301 billion Bonnie Blues are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Education, Healthcare, and Industry also on the agenda, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gemstone Island. The average income tax rate is 92.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Bonnie Blue Republician economy, worth a remarkable 3,231 trillion Gemstone Pounds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 211,200 Gemstone Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Blue sky thinkers are reminded that the firmament is actually more of a grey-ish colour, the nation's most popular sport is sabotaging foreigners' hopes and dreams, soldiers on first dates introduce themselves only by their ranks and serial numbers, and the subway is dead quiet in early afternoons. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bonnie Blue Republic's national animal is the copperhead, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Conmunism.

Bonnie Blue Republic is ranked 8,714th in the world and 1st in Lands End for Most Stationary, with 2,564.29802551488 days.

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Most Influential: 217thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 1,202ndLargest Black Market: 1,968thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 2,471stMost Advanced Public Transport: 2,669thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 2,788thTop
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Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 4,553rdHighest Poor Incomes: 5,232ndMost Advanced Public Education: 6,470thHighest Economic Output: 6,537thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 6,920thMost Corrupt Governments: 7,053rdHighest Average Tax Rates: 8,217thHighest Average Incomes: 8,663rdMost Stationary: 8,714thLargest Information Technology Sector: 8,983rdLargest Governments: 9,638thMost Secular: 9,866thMost Subsidized Industry: 10,366thMost Developed: 10,649thMost Scientifically Advanced: 10,963rdLargest Publishing Industry: 13,962ndMost Patriotic: 14,746thTop
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Smartest Citizens: 14,939thLongest Average Lifespans: 15,376thLargest Mining Sector: 18,759thMost Efficient Economies: 19,421stLowest Crime Rates: 20,025thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 20,590thMost Cultured: 20,841stMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 25,030thLargest Populations: 25,896thFattest Citizens: 27,728th
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Most Extensive Public Healthcare: 1st in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 1st in the regionMost Influential: 1st in the regionMost Stationary: 1st in the regionTop
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Largest Black Market: 2nd in the regionMost World Assembly Endorsements: 3rd in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 3rd in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 3rd in the regionHighest Economic Output: 5th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 6th in the regionLargest Populations: 8th in the regionTop
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Highest Average Tax Rates: 10th in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 11th in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 11th in the regionMost Secular: 14th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 16th in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 16th in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 16th in the regionLargest Governments: 16th in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 19th in the region

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